As the true impact of the flooding in Pakistan becomes clear, thousands are left stranded without food and a health crisis looms on the horizon. FAMILIES in Pakistan are being left stranded and...
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Plan International shuts down operations in Pakistan
After more than 2 decades of working in Pakistan, Plan International has stopped operating in the country following orders from the Government of Pakistan. Plan International is deeply saddened to...
Pakistan: Counting The Invisible: Girls' & Realities – Technical Report
1.1 Introduction In 2016, in an effort to further the global understanding of adolescent girls’ rights, Plan International commissioned and undertook a three-country study (in Nicaragua, Zimbabwe and...
Pakistan floods leave thousands of children vulnerable
5 August 2015: Plan International is responding after thousands of children have been left vulnerable by the devastating floods in Pakistan. As the rains continue to intensify, Plan International...
Pakistan Floods Emergency: Lessons from a continuing crisis
Summary The floods that began in August 2011 and swept across the province of Sindh and parts of neighbouring Balochistan resulted in one of the most destructive disasters that Pakistan has...
Funding shortage threatens food security in flood-hit Pakistan
By Nopporn Wong-Anan BADIN, Pakistan, Nov 2011 – Farmer Noor Muhammad was hit with the worst disaster in nearly five decades of his life when the monsoon rains and floods in August/September...
Pakistan floods appeal launched
26 September 2011: Plan has launched an emergency appeal to help families caught up in the floods that are now affecting more than 6,800,000 people across southern Pakistan. Our teams have set up a...
Plan scales up flood responses
16 September 2011: Torrential rains are threatening thousands of children’s lives in southern Pakistan as more than 5,300,000 people are now affected by floods. In Badin district alone, almost half a...
Pakistan's children endure new flooding
19 August 2011: Plan teams are providing emergency aid to thousands of people affected by floods in southern Pakistan as torrential rains hit Sindh province. Over 300,000 people have been left...
Pakistan floods: One year on
One year on, Pakistan’s flood survivors recovering and rebuilding lives A year after Pakistan's worst floods in modern history killed around 2,000 and displaced millions, Plan has helped hundreds of...
Pakistan floods: Six months
February 2011: Plan is continuing to help thousands of children to recover from the floods that devastated Pakistan 6 months ago. Watch the video and see children's joy at the opening of a...
Quality education key to Pakistan's recovery
In the immediate aftermath of the devastating floods that hit Pakistan, Plan assisted some 300,000 people with life-saving supplies such as shelter, food, safe water and hygiene kits. Now 6 months on...
How children protected villagers from Pakistan floods
Posted by Mary Matheson 17 November 2010: Shona and I are sitting on top of a tractor, lurching from side to side as it slowly crawls through the uneven fields. Our camera equipment is precariously...
Pakistan flood victims face malaria outbreak
28 September 2010: Plan teams are preparing to distribute thousands of mosquito nets as more than 2,000,000 cases of malaria are expected in flood-hit Pakistan. Around 195,000 cases of malaria have...
Eid food packs lift Pakistan flood survivors
7 September 2010: Plan is distributing 20,000 special Eid food packages to flood-hit families in a bid to give them some respite from the grim conditions during the most important annual holiday for...
How ID can be key to receiving Pakistan flood aid
27 August 2010: A birth certificate can be the difference between receiving aid in a disaster and going hungry, explains Plan Pakistan's Safder Raza. Among the many things people have lost in the...
Pakistan: Child protection urgent as safety fears grow
25 August 2010: Plan is stepping up its child protection work in the Pakistan flood camps as fears grow for the health and safety of children. Thousands of displaced families are now crammed into...
Pakistan: Staff report from the flood zone
16 August 2010: Plan Pakistan's Disaster Risk Reduction Coordinator Shahnawaz Khan reports on life in the flood zone. I have worked in disasters before but never have I come across this level of...
Pakistan floods force half camps to close
9 August 2010: Plan is continuing its emergency relief operations in Pakistan as rising flood waters force half of the camps set up for displaced people to be abandoned. Camps are being moved to...
Concerns grow over Pakistan camp
There are growing concerns over conditions in camps, as the arrival of thousands of Pakistanis displaced by the floods put a strain on health and shelter facilities. According to reports, around...